Texas · Nonprofit
NCHA CHARITIES FOUNDATION
NCHA CHARITIES FOUNDATION (Texas) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $581,882 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($228,150). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 77% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $896k
- Funders on record
- 9
- Grants received
- $582k
- Net assets
- $5.3M
What Ncha Charities Foundation does
Mission
The NCHA Charities Foundation is organized and operated exclusively for charitable purposes as a supporting organization to the National Cutting Horse Association; and is organized and operated to encourage, promote and develop the Cutting Horse as a highly unique and exceptional equine athlete. The Foundation supportS and benefitS NCHA by maintaining scholarship funds, providing crisis funding, developing educational and animal welfare and research programs, and developing programs designed to honor the legendary people and great horses that have shaped our industry and to preserve and tell the stories of the great horses and horsewomen and horsemen of the past to future generations.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Scholarship-The Scholarship Committee shall provide financial assistance to members of the NCHA. Recipients are selected based on academic achievement, financial need and cutting horse involvement, as well as leadership and communication skills.
$145,487 spentof which $143,040 as grants38% of program spendingHorse and Animal Welfare and Research-The Horse and Animal Welfare and Research Committee shall be responsible for the overall health and welfare of the horses and cattle associated with the sport of cutting through the establishment of guidelines for care and monitoring the success of the programs. Through grants, the Foundation will charter research studies with Universities performing a wide range of research related to the health, welfare, and utility of the horse and health and safety of cattle used for competition.
$125,000 spentof which $125,000 as grants33% of program spendingEducation and Promotion of the Sport-The Education Committee shall be responsible for coordinating and assisting with the educational programs and presentations of the Foundation and promotion of the Cutting Horse and the sport of Cutting. Such programs could be Foundation Fund Raising Events, Judging Clinics, Cutting Clinics, Promotional activities at World Equestrian Games and European Championships, and promotion at like equine event through grants.
$103,593 spentof which $103,593 as grants27% of program spendingHistory and Preservation-The History and Preservation committee shall be responsible for acceptance, preservation, documentation and other activities relating to the curatorship of NCHA and the Foundations historic memorabilia and for making such memorabilia available to the public for educational and charitable purposes.
$4,285 spent1% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $378,365.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2019 to 2020, from $3.4M to $4.4M (+31%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
71% of NCHA CHARITIES FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (83% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Board chair
Joey Milner
Chairman
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $2k → $106k.
4 of 9 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 77% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $24k from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest National Cutting Horse Association). These are real filings, and they are not money NCHA CHARITIES FOUNDATION raised.
From the IRS filings of NCHA CHARITIES FOUNDATION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
NCHA CHARITIES FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 39% of grant income and the top three 80%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
77% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund NCHA CHARITIES FOUNDATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2019 60% · 2020 98% · 2021 100% · 2022 71% · 2023 81% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
50% of NCHA CHARITIES FOUNDATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 33% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
77% of NCHA CHARITIES FOUNDATION's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $132k that is directly attributable, 87% of it comes from Texas funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $450k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
NCHA CHARITIES FOUNDATION runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 3,482 youth development nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,482 youth development nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like NCHA CHARITIES FOUNDATION
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Texas
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
51% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- National Cutting Horse Association · exempt
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for NCHA CHARITIES FOUNDATION: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds NCHA CHARITIES FOUNDATION?
- NCHA CHARITIES FOUNDATION (Texas) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $581,882 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($228,150). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 77% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does NCHA CHARITIES FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 9 organizations giving $581,882 in grants to NCHA CHARITIES FOUNDATION, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of NCHA CHARITIES FOUNDATION?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $228,150 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like NCHA CHARITIES FOUNDATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Texas. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 9 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing